Sea Eagles hunting Royal Spoonbills

White Bellied Sea Eagles are a relatively common bird throughout Australasia - often seen along the coastline however, they are also found inland on our lakes and rivers.
This short film shows young Sea Eagles hunting Royal Spoonbills at a swamp near the Murray River (near Barmah) in Southern NSW, Australia.
As is usually the case with wildlife filming, the prey scenes take place some distance away. However, I was rewarded late in the morning when two young eagles chased each other right in front of my hide - which was pretty special.
It was great to film some of the other birds at the swamp, including the Australian Bittern and Swamp Harriers at close quarters.
For those interested in the technical side of things, the opening scenes (Kangaroos, Emus and Creek) were filmed with a Canon 1DC and various lenses (mainly the 70mm to 200mm f4). The remainder of the film was captured with a Panasonic Varicam HS and Canon HJ18ex28 lens.
You can watch more of my videos at www.raptorcapture.com
Music Score "A Beautiful Day - Time" by Smartsound.

[@naturalreach4316]

Wow amazing

[@user-nu3sd7zb2j]

Such beauty . Thank you for your work.

[@wingnut6472]

Great work mate.

[@bigred8438]

Some great photography there. Thank you.

[@RaptorCapture]

Thanks.

[@joehuggard]

Great film. I can see that you gave a lot of time to get these magnificent action shots of the eagle's hunting. Great editing. Thank you and keep up the good work. 😃

[@RaptorCapture]

Thanks for your supportive comments Joseph.

[@juliusturner9073]

Love it!

[@LegendOfMoonDragons]

Phenomenal footage! Really gorgeous work

[@RaptorCapture]

That's very kind of you - thanks.

[@justins_shotzz]

How was this done did you have other video people as well and how did u get the slow motion with the eagle parts. Did u edit the slow motion after on pc

[@RaptorCapture]

Filmed with the Panasonic Varicam HS, which has two internal recorders operating within the camera at the same time. One recorder can record up to 240 fps whilst the other records at "normal" frame rates. So it's relatively easy to combine the two speeds together to get the desired result of the bird flying at normal speed, and then show the slow motion footage when required. Filmed by myself from a hide. Thanks for watching.

[@shelbyrice1014]

This could easily take a child

[@liveenjoy6821]

I hope there's no pesky salty crocodile there